Concerned people like Channel 9 news have been investigating our waterway like this Indian River Lagoon for more than 15 years and keep running into the same buzz saw, ‘the Florida Legislature.’

Because these new sensors being installed in the river by the Ocean Research and Conservation Association (ORCA), there can be no more silly disputing on the facts, lack of oxygen and nitrogen from overuse and lack of control of fertilizer among other trivial things!

ORCA had planned to map the entire intercostal waterway however, those plans may need to be scaled back.

The group was county on $1 million funding from the state however, the Legislature cut ORCA’s funding to just $250,000.

The cut in funding means private donations will have to pay for the research.